First Baptist Church (Norfolk, Virginia)
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First Baptist Church | |
Location | 418 E. Bute St., Norfolk, Virginia |
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Coordinates | 36°51′9″N 76°17′4″W / 36.85250°N 76.28444°W |
Area | 0.5 acres (0.20 ha) |
Built | 1906 |
Architect | Hunt, Reuben H. |
Architectural style | Romanesque, Romanesque Revival |
NRHP reference No. | 83003297[1] |
VLR No. | 122-0040 |
Significant dates | |
Added to NRHP | July 21, 1983 |
Designated VLR | April 19, 1983[2] |
First Baptist Church is a historic African-American Baptist church located in Norfolk, Virginia. It was designed by architect R. H. Hunt and dedicated in 1906. It is a Romanesque Revival-style church with a richly ornamented facade of rough-faced, pink granite ashlar and limestone trim. It features a tall, eight-level corner tower with a multiplicity of window types and a shorter flanking tower at the opposite corner.[3] Construction began in 1904.[4]
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1983.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. July 9, 2010.
- ^ "Virginia Landmarks Register". Virginia Department of Historic Resources. Retrieved 19 March 2013.
- ^ Virginia Historic Landmarks Commission Staff (March 1983). "National Register of Historic Places Inventory/Nomination: First Baptist Church" (PDF). Virginia Department of Historic Resources. and Accompanying photo
- ^ "Dictionary of Virginia Biography - Richard Hausber Bowling Biography". www.lva.virginia.gov. Retrieved 2021-04-02.
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Categories:
- African-American history of Virginia
- 20th-century Baptist churches in the United States
- Baptist churches in Virginia
- Churches on the National Register of Historic Places in Virginia
- Romanesque Revival church buildings in Virginia
- Churches completed in 1906
- Churches in Norfolk, Virginia
- National Register of Historic Places in Norfolk, Virginia
- 1906 establishments in Virginia
- Hampton Roads, Virginia Registered Historic Place stubs
- Virginia church stubs